26984 words

spade

5 definitions • 4 examples
1
a tool used for digging especially soil or sand, with a long handle and a flat blade:

Examples:

a garden spade
bucket and spade UK The kids took their buckets and spades to the beach.
2
one of the four suits in playing cards, represented by a black symbol like a pointed leaf with a short stem:

Examples:

of spades One of my favourite tricks is to take the ace/queen of spades out of someone's top pocket.
3
a playing card from the suit of spades:

Examples:

Don't you have any spades?
4
an extremely offensive word for a Black person
5
a tool with a blade for digging, esp. one with a long handle

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